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S. J. SULLIVAN.

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No. 306,441. Patented Oct. 14, 1884.

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No. ,441. Patente'd Oct. 14, 1884.

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Unwnn amas SAMUEL J. SULLIVAN, OF LAMAR, MISSOUR.

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SPECIFICAIION forming part of Letters Patent No.306,411, dated October 14:, 1884.

Application filed October 29, 1883. (No modal.)

T aZZ wh0m it may c0ncern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. SULLIVAN, a oitizen of the United States, residing at Lamar, in the oonnty 0f Barton and State of Mis- 5 souri, have invented certain new and nsefnl Improvements in Chnrns, of Whi0h thefollowing is a specifioation, reference being had therein to the aeeompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in ohurns, the object of which is to provide an easy, convenient, and rapid means of charning and obtaining butter from oream, and also to provide a churn that is easily eleaned, and one simple in its construction and operation,

1 and adapted to be used in earthen or other vessels. I attain these objects by means of the device illustrated in the acoompanying drawings, forming a part of this speoifieation, in whieh- Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing the entire device, a part of the vesse1 being removed. Fig. 2 is aview showing the parallel dashers and adjnstable support.

Similar letters of referenoe indioate corre- 2 5 sponding parts in all the figures.

A is avessei made of wood, tin, stone, earthen or other snitabe material and of any convenient size and shape, preferably made of wood, oylindrioai in shape, and With snitable ears or handies, a a, for n1oving the ohnrn.

13 ;is a thick cover, preferablymade of wood Wit1i a groove or rabbet, b, to fit eloselyin the top of the vessel A, the flange b being projected over the edges. The cover is made with a ho1e in the center, and it is divided in two parts t0 faei]itate its remova]. and the better to olean the dashers passing through it.

b is a 11001: or iateh, to hold the ooverfirmly to its place. The 1ateh or iatohes may be upon either one or both sides.

In using an earthen vosse], I put a strap or baud, l), around the top, to which the hooks are attaohed. On wood or metal vesselsI use an attaoh1nent, A, oonsisting of a pieoe, (L, 5 firnfly attaohed to the cover and extending over the flange, thence down, forming a fork,

i a, whioh passes on eaoh side of a bolt, a", the said boit being firmly attached to or throngh thevesso], and lxaving a nnt, (0, With thn1nbpieoe for tightening the same, and thnsfirmly holding the supporting part of tbe cover to its position.

Z)" is a button to swing across the place where the cover divides.

b is a knob used in raising one part of the oover.

Cis asupport having two spreading braoes, 0 c, bot-h attached to one and the same part of the eover by footpieces c c, and an upper porfion made with holes c 0", in whioh are placed thumb-sorews or set-sorews c 0, to firmlyhold and adjnst the dashers. V

The dashers F F are constrneted and oper- -ated somewhat similar to the common eggbeater, whioh I change and 1nodify for use in connection with the novei devioes above explained, for the objects hereinafter more fully set forth.

The dashers are construeted and placed in the vesse1 as follows: A strong metallie rod, D, is bent eaoh side of and near the n1iddle, so as to form two 1'ight angles, d d, for bear in gs for the dashers. The ends are then tu rned upward and inward nnti]. they form nearly a complete eircie, and at points d d, opposite t0 the points (Z d, the ends are bentvertioally and paralie1 nntil theyreaeh up through the cover and terminate in a handle, E. The dashers are made of thin perforated metal, and bent in similar form as the rod D, and have their upper ends attaohed in pinions G G. Ho]esf are made in the middle of the1ower part of eaoh dasher, through which one end of the supporting-rod D passes nnti1 the bearings of the dashers are formed at (1 (I. The pinions G 8 5 G have bearings on the npper part of the 10d D, and are operated by a gear-wheel, IL The geanwheel has bearings on an arn1 of the handle E, and ope1ates directiy upon one of the pinion-wheeIs whioh operates upon the other. 9c Thns geared, the dashers tnrn in opposite directions, and the eircnlar part of each dasher being constructed so as near1y to fi]1 the diameter of the vessei in whioh it is to be nsed, and to interseet eaoh others tracks without in terferenoe, I make the paral]el parts of eaoh dasherolose together, so that the air is sncked down between thom bythe rapid rotary motion of the crcular part and thus the entire cream is aerated. This process of distributing air through the cream s assisted by the perforations (Z by which I have obtained butter in two minutes, and hereinis one of the great advantages of my invention. In the handle E, I make holes e e for attaching it to the support 0, the rod D being attached to the handle. the cover and everything in the vesselmay be removed, thus leaving it easy to wash the vesse], not havng holes or c1eats in the bottom to When the handle is raised, one-ha1f of' Having thus described the use, construction,

and operation of my invention, I am aware that t is not new to provide a churn Wth rotary dashers, or to have such dashers perforated, or to have the lower parts made rounding and propelled by gear-wheels. I do not, therefore, daim such construction broadly; but

What I daim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a vesse1, A, severable (lover B, s1otted attachment A, support 0, secured to one side of the said cover, adj ustabIe handle E, rod D, drive-wheel H, pinions G G, and perforated rotary dashers F F, having circular bottoms and rods placed parallel and close together the better t0 gitate and force air into the eream, substantially as shown and desoribed, for the purpose set forth.

In testmony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL J. SULLIVAN.

WVitnessesz JOSEPH S. MOBRIDE, J. P. FROW. 

